Post by WLViking on Sept 12, 2012 17:57:03 GMT -5

Game PlayIn the small, friendly music community of Bonnaroo, a crafty Mafia have infiltrated the population.

Every day, the population (all live players) gather to discuss whom they think is a member of the Mafia. There is a vote, and the one with the majority is executed. The Townspeople must do this in order to clean Bonnaroo of the Mafia and restore its peaceful vibe.

Every night the Mafiosi decide amongst themselves who to ruthlessly assassinate. At the beginning of each morning, people learn that one of their own has been killed.

Through disrupting the votes and performing their assassinations, the Mafia will try to eliminate Townspeople to the point that they are in the majority and they will rule Bonnaroo forever.

Thus, the Townspeople's great hope is the Inspector. This is a secret figure, known only to him or herself, that has inside information on the identity of the Mafiosi. S/he can covertly use this information to influence the votes towards the Mafiosi. But s/he better watch his/her step, because if the Mafia gets wind it will be lights out.

Good luck.

Rules1) The Referee randomly chooses from the 11 players three Mafiosi and one Inspector. All the rest are Townspeople. Each player is informed of their role via PM, and are not allowed to share that information with one another except in the official Mafia game thread. The Mafia are informed of one another's identity, and they are allowed to converse among themselves via PM. To put it plainly:a) If you are not a member of the mafia, do not discuss the mafia game outside the mafia thread with any other player or with any non-player who might discuss the game with a player.b) If you are a member of the mafia, you may discuss the game freely among your fellow mafia only. Do not discuss the game outside of this thread with any non-mafia player.

2) The Inspector is informed of his/her part, and also of the identity of one randomly chosen Mafia player. The inspector may at any time reveal their identity to the players within the thread. (see game play warnings above).

3) Each day a vote is held for the player to be eliminated. For online play, deliberation and voting is combined; thus, you can vote and explain yourself in the same post. Every player is free to change their vote at any point up until the last vote is in and the Ref declares that voting is closed. The Referee will then post the final tally, and announce which player is eliminated and how they died. Then will begin the Night portion of the round.

4) During the Night, the Mafia decide on the player they want to eliminate (assassinate), and inform the Referee via PM. Once the Referee receives this info, it is posted here in the thread, the player is eliminated, and the following Day begins.

5) Likewise during the night the Inspector will PM the Referee and guess one player's Mafia status. The Referee will respond with a 'yes' or 'no' answer.

6) Play continues until all the Mafia have been killed (Townspeople win), or the Mafia out number the Townspeople (Mafia win).

7) Player roles will not be revealed until the game has concluded.

8) AKA The Bek Rule: Players who have been eliminated are still welcome to post in this thread, but are asked to not say anything leading to any knowledge, suspicions or opinions you might have.This includes use of the Like/Dislike feature.

9) The ref will do the death stories/videos.

10) AKA The kdogg Rule: There will be no sharing of role PMs inside the thread or outside for the purpose of disclosing your role to another player. This also goes for password sharing. Common sense should be used, no discussion of your roles, except between Mafia, outside the thread - EVER.

11) Voting will be open for 36 hours each round, or until everyone has cast their vote - whichever comes first. Voting will never follow the 36-hour rule on the weekends. The Referee will only ever close voting on a Saturday or Sunday if all players have already cast their vote. If a player has not voted by that time, their vote will not be counted. If a player misses two votes, they are out of the game regardless of how good your reason is. When it is decided that a player is out, they will be killed off during the day alongside whoever would have been killed by vote.a) If the Inspector has not made a guess within 36 hours during a Night round, the Inspector will forfeit that guess.b) If the Mafia have not reported a whack victim within 36 hours during a Night round, the Mafia will forfeit that whack and the Townspeople will receive another round of voting during that Night round to offset the missed whack.

12) The Referee shall neither answer an Inspector's inquiry nor execute a Mafia's chosen victim until after having received both the Inspector's inquiry and the Mafia's chosen victim. If the Inspector is the victim, the Inspector is not owed an answer from the Referee. The Referee shall only accept victim names from living Mafia players.

13) AKA The Bacon Rule: The bigger the whiner, the smaller the wiener.

Post by Hakuna on Sept 13, 2012 8:25:31 GMT -5

Ya roo ... I just realized the game started and I'm on my way out the door, so I literally haven't even had time to read all the other posts. But I definitely don't want a log on with out a post or be the last one so that works for now.

Post by superfurryanimal on Sept 13, 2012 20:56:27 GMT -5

You are twisting your original statement to fit your needs. Your second use of the word was the next. Read your original sentence.

By it's very nature, a quote gives ownership of said content to the original writer. That's the entire purpose of quoting things. I didn't in any logical way use the word. You are absolutely wrong still.

Post by kikosanchez on Sept 13, 2012 21:12:34 GMT -5

"Whoever" is a person. I used it first, within the very contract, then you were the next person to use it. Who said anything about ownership? If you quote something, you are using it. There's always a runoff in the first round, why are we debating this lol. Runoffs are good for building character.

Post by superfurryanimal on Sept 13, 2012 21:58:00 GMT -5

"Whoever" is a person. I used it first, within the very contract, then you were the next person to use it. Who said anything about ownership? If you quote something, you are using it. There's always a runoff in the first round, why are we debating this lol. Runoffs are good for building character.

How hard is this to understand? You used the goddamn word twice in your post. You were the next person to use it.

I SAID ownership, to make a point. This is a pretty simple linguistic idea. A quote denotes ownership to the original user of the words. It's not rocket science. You do know the word plagiarism don't you? As in USING SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEA AS YOUR OWN.

We are debating it because for two games in a row you've used this arbitrary method and once again it's unhelpful and silly. If you are going to give these random voting "contracts" then you really shouldn't be surprised when it causes some discussion.

In fact, I find it quite puzzling how you are trying to boomerang this and blow it off. When the fact is your the one that caused this exchange to begin with. BTW, it's not a debate because all I did was make a joke and then point out that you are wrong. It's also funny how you bring up the runoff in a way that suggest that I don't know this stuff. I'm pretty sure I've got about 20 or so game on you. I know perfectly well how this works.

Post by superfurryanimal on Sept 14, 2012 1:34:38 GMT -5

We talked about some recent Inforoo stuff on your ride home today, so I know you've checked in, and I know you've been active on Facebook. So you just casually realized the game started or what? Your wording seems strange to me.

Maybe it's not a big deal because I know you sometimes go days without looking at inforoo. I do find it kind of odd that you are throwing me in to be the third in a potential runoff without any cause.The last several games have had a pattern of mafia types expanding the runoff to protect someone. Interesting.

Post by Hakuna on Sept 14, 2012 2:24:26 GMT -5

I really hate to stack this early in the game but,Hakuna >> Kiko

I'm sure there will be some movement or at least discussion, but SFA is right. This type of play is reckless and absolutely unhelpful to townies. This is the 2nd game in a row you have pulled this, and honestly even if you are a townie, I'm still fine voting you off. This is exactly the kind of play mafia love to see and allows them to stay quiet, sit back, and let the game fall the way they want it to. This is also the kind of play that worries me, as maybe you are trying to establish a routine, so when the game you are in fact mafia, we accept it as the norm and write it off. Obviously I assume I'll be the next one looked at, but as a townie I would rather open the flood gates and get constructive conversation going at some point, even if it puts me at risk.